Window Farming: A Do-It-Yourself Veggie Venture

Now, you might be asking yourself "what does this have to do with information tools?" Well, maybe not much directly, but indirectly it talks about some of the same things we have discussed. Look at the video and note the use of now-normal internet tools to expose an idea to the world and to learn in return from that outreach. This is as much a story of social networking and collective intelligence/learning via the net as it is a story of urban gardeners.

The NPR story is good, but I think the video speaks for itself.

Axe Cop

Axe Cop is a website entirely for fun. A 29 year old professional illustrator and the mind of his 6 year old brother come together to create an entertaining web comic.

The Internet must allow us to forget again, demands expert

An article on Deutsche Welle raises some issues well worth thinking about.

By storing every single bit of information, the Internet doesn't only change our ability to forget, it also leads to self censorship, argues Viktor Meyer-Schoenberger. But he believes there is an easy way out.

If one wants to hear him talk about it, the Internet has not forgotten him in this YouTube video.

Extra Lives

Extra Lives is a small team of high school students from New Jersey who use video games to raise money for charity. Every few months the Extra Lives team sets up a live feed of a video game marathon during which they interact with viewers and ask for donations. Over New Years they played a Zelda marathon which lasted more than 3 days and covered most of the Zelda cannon. At the moment they are playing a 64 hours of Nintendo 64 marathon (as I write this they're on Sonic '06) So be sure to go check them out and donate. The current charity is Free the Children.

Saving Money Online

Whenever you shop online, be sure to check to see if there are coupons available before you hit that checkout button. Retail Me Not is a site you can use to search for coupons for just about any website you can shop at online. I've found great deals on here like 20% off whole orders, free shipping on orders, and more. There are many other websites like this out there which can be found with a quick Google search of the word "coupons". Enjoy,

Josh Morton